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- H. J. ENNIS.

CORKSGREW.

Patented June 23, 1891.-

UNITED `STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY J. ENNIS, OF VASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR TO ARTHUR B. IVILLIAMS, OF SAME PLACE.

CORKSCREW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 454,725, dated June 23, 1891. Application filed January 26, 1891. Serial No. 379|126. (Nolmodel.) v

T all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. ENNIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington city, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corkscrews; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apper- Io tains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specication.

My invention has relation to stationary corki 5 screws, and more particularly to that class wherein a vertical motion of the screw-shaft engages the cork and withdraws it; and the novelty consists in a rigid retaining-liange located in the mouth of the machine and zo adapted vto hold the neck of the bottle as against the downward pressure caused by the insertion of the screw, thus dispensing with he manual pressure usually exerted in the act of inserting the screw in the cork, all 'of which willbehereinaftermorefullyexplained, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a corkscrew of the class described, the one taken' in this instance being that shown and 3o described in Letters PatentNo. 442,691, granted to me, to which reference may be had for a fuller description of the operation, and to which my improvement is here shown attached. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the mouth 3 5 of the same, showing the bottle -retaining ilan ge which forms the subject-matter of this invention; andFig. 3 is a detail showing the retaining-flange as it may be applied to the pullers now in use.

A is the corkscrew proper, and is provided with the usual operating' device for removing the cork and discharging the same from the screw.

B is the mouth in which the neck of the bottle is inserted, and C is a semicircular flange forming an extension and integral with the mouth B. It is obvious that if a bottle be inserted inthe mouth B and the lever operated the jaws will engagel the bulge on the neck of the bottle and hold it as against the 5o downward pressure exerted to insert the screw in the cork.

The construction of the operating mechanism of the corkscrew may be any of the approved constructions, and it will readily be seen that the retaining-flange, which is vthe gistofthis invention, can be applied to any or all of them.

In Figs. l and 2 I have shown the flange integral with the mouth of the machine. Never- 6o theless it may be made separately and attached to those already constructed or now in use, as is clearly shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A corkscrew provided with a cylinder terminating in a truncated cone forming the mouth thereof, which cone is provided with 7o `a rigid semicircular retaining-flange at its base to hold the bottle and prevent its downl ward movement while the screw is being inserted in the cork, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY J. ENNIS.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH ROY, JOHN P. ZONE. 

